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Small Votive Phiale; ca. 1500 BCE; 95.68

From:UC Teece Museum of Classical Antiquities

Name/TitleSmall Votive Phiale

About this objectThe small size of this terracotta phiale suggests it would have been used for votive offerings. This example has a rim which is sloped on the diagonal and raised at the centre point.

Votive offerings were dedicated to a god or gods, in fulfilment of a vow or in gratitude for divine aid.

A phiale is a shallow bowl, usually with no feet or handles. Full-sized phiale were used for pouring out libations. The Romans called them patera.

Date Madeca. 1500 BCE

PeriodLate Minoan I

Place NotesLabel on the base indicates the item was from Knossos in Crete

Medium and MaterialsCeramic: Terracotta

Measurements48 x 20 mm

Subject and Association KeywordsSocial life and customs

Subject and Association KeywordsMourning customs

Named CollectionThe James Logie Memorial Collection, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Credit LineFrom the collection of Dr H.D Broadhead. Donated by Mrs Broadhead, 1968

Object TypeVotive offering

Object number95.68